Lack of disabled access means boy [impartialreporter.com]
- Published: 24 June 2010
BEN Thompson can play football, dribble a basketball and shoot an arrow, but he can't go to a basic school open day. A complete lack of disabled facilities at Portora Royal School means the wheelchair-bound boy can not visit the campus on Monday alongside his P6 classmates.
The school's headmaster has blamed insufficient funding from the Department of Education for the situation.
Ben, 10, has always dreamed of attending the historic school, following in his father David's footsteps.
For the past six months the Ballinamallard pupil has been preparing for its entrance exam and proudly telling everybody 'I'm going to Portora so I am'.
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